Pasture burning in Amazonia: Dynamics of residual biomass and the storage and release of aboveground carbon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 25847-25857

  Barbosa, Reinaldo Imbrózio ^a   Fearnside, Philip M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON STORAGE; PASTURE;

BRAZIL, RORAIMA STATE, APIAU;

EID: 0343941919     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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